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It's been two days since Regina saw Neal and she was quite desperate. For some reason she wanted him to be around her, to hold her, when he was there, she could just be… Regina. But now it was time for her to get back to her plan. How to save everyone including herself from being killed by Cora? They were all just one day away from the epic battle and Neal being here doesn't make anything easier.

She was lying in bed thinking of a way to get to Henry and Neal without hurting them or her mother, but more she thought about it, more she would get confused. Cora rushed in the room.

"Regina! There's someone new in town, his name is Neal… who the hell is him?" Cora had just found out abut him. Way to go mother, welcome back to the Earth Regina thought and smirked.

"I don't know" she lied and tried to look surprised "Maybe I should just go and ask him" it was perfect opportunity.

"No, we don't have time to question peasants; we have to make a plan for tomorrow, a plan of how to make me the dark one" after a short pause she remembered "And get your dear son back". Regina was kind of disappointed for not being able to see Neal. And she was definitely stressed about the next day.

Regina still hated Charming's, but without them Henry would hate her forever so she had to make sure all of them were just fine. And then there was her mother. Regina planed to somehow trap Cora just like Snow and Charming once trapped Rumple in a cage that was magic proof. It seemed like a great idea, she would just have to orb a cage somehow from the dwarf's mine that was actually still there in Storybrooke. Now that she had her plan, she wanted to hear Cora's.

The two of them set at the table and Cora started…


Neal was worried. He hasn't heard of Regina in two days and thought, maybe she's in trouble. She specifically told him not to call her and to answer only if he's 100% sure that it really is Regina on the phone. She didn't want to risk Cora finding out about her meetings with Neal. He couldn't wait any longer, but also he didn't want to piss her off, instead he decided to worry about something else and went to Mr. Gold's pawn shop to deal with his father. It was the time…

He left his apartment that was just 5 minutes away from the shop. He opened the doors not bothering to knock and heard Rumple talking to someone in the other room. He slowly closed the doors and moved towards the doors.

He was careful not to draw any attention to himself since he wanted to hear his father. Soon he realized Gold was talking on the phone.

"You are a beautiful woman, who loved an ugly man" he could hear Rumple saying in a low tone. It sounded like he was hurt.

Neal hadn't seen his father for couple of days and while he was too angry with Rumple. Hook stabbed him causing venom to spread through Gold's body like a disease. Emma didn't say a word since she herself didn't know what to do and Snow and Charming listened and followed her around more like her entourage than parents. It was then when the talk stopped.

Someone from the other side of the line hang up on Gold. It was Belle… Rumple heard a hum that was coming from behind him. "Who's there" he said in a whisper. The pain was now impossible to handle, he really was dying.

When Neal saw his father covered in blood he ran to him and grabbed his hand. "Dad!" he was again that 10 year old boy "What happened to you? Who did this?" Neal was surprised, angry, just out of his mind.

"You don't know? Strange no one told you, especially Emma" Rumple said with a small smile. He wanted his son to truly be his and Hook stabbing him was one of the best things he could do, now Neal would be with him… till the end.

"No, she didn't, we are not really close, but she shouldn't have kept this from me" Neal was now definitely angry. "But, there's magic here, why don't you just heal yourself" Neal added with a confused look on his face.

"I'm to weak my son, this is the end" Gold said and closed his eyes. He wasn't dead, just tired. "How do we fix this?" he was panicking now seeing that his father could die any moment. "You can't… Regina" Rumple said and was now unconscious. The pain was so hard to handle.

Neal just stood there not knowing what to do. He just heard his father say the name of the woman that he was so sure Rumple hated, but now she's the only one that could save him, really?!

Neal took his phone from pocket and wanted to call Regina, but called Emma instead. "Get to Gold's.. Now!" he yelled on the phone and hung up. So much was happening in his head. He was worried about Regina, angry with Emma, scared for Rumple, and felt self pity… he was falling apart.


Emma literally ran to Gold's and her parents followed her step. Neal sounded so angry on the phone and still kind of terrified. Maybe he ran into Regina or worse Cora Emma was thinking.

When the three of them arrived Neal was already in tears. No one could blame him, his father was dying and no one bothered to tell him that. Emma started apologizing the moment she saw him

"I'm sorry Neal I should have told you, I just-" he waved his hand in order for her to stop talking "You said enough" he looked at his as serious as he could not bothering to make her feel anything but guilt.

"Just tell me… do you know how to fix this" he said in a whisper and turned to David that was standing next to Emma.

"No, I believe the only one that can save Gold is his true love Belle" he stopped talking when he saw Neal expression "You don't know?" he continued. "What Belle? I mean who? Arghh is there anything else you're keeping from me?" Neal yelled.

"No I believe it's all" Snow said rather calm.

"You know what, I don't care anymore all I want is my father to be alright and for Regina to be-" he wanted to say in his arms, but in time he stopped himself. It's like his unspoken wish was heard and fulfilled by the fairy, but as we all know, fairies have their price for magic they're using so in a purple smoke appeared not only Regina, but Cora as well.


HALF AN HOUR AGO

"Mother I thought we were going to wait until tomorrow" Regina yelled.

"This is the right time Regina, we don't have much of it, by tomorrow Gold will dead" Cora raised her voice as well.

"They'll figure out our plan, they'll hurt you" she was now close to crying.

Cora snapped Regina out of it by waving her hands and throwing her in the air "They already figured out, we might as well just drop in on all of them. Don't make me do it myself" she said with a smirk.

Regina used now her own magic to relies herself from Cora's little levitating trick "Fine, but we stick to the rest of the plan right?" she wanted to make sure her own plan will work just fine.

"Whatever" Cora said and with that they both disappeared.


"You! What are you doing here?" Emma yelled.

"Oh you foolish girl, I am here to take what's mine." Cora smirked.

Regina was just standing there next to her mother. She had her walls and her well structured mask of evil. Those walls didn't stop her from making a heartbreaking face at the sight of Neal. He was crying sitting next to Gold.

She saw Gold lying unconscious and everyone else staring at Cora. Regina desperately wanted to comfort Neal, but it was kind of impossible at this point.

"Now, shall we do this harder or the easier way" Cora smiled and continued "You let me kill Rumple and I leave you alone… for now, or you don't let me kill him, but I do anyways and then kill all of you too… the choice is yours dearies".

"I'll not let you hurt my father" suddenly Neal jumped and in a mater of seconds he was ready to fight. They all looked at him and Cora herself was quite surprised.

"Ah right, you must be Belwire, dire, fire, something like that. Rumple has told me so much about you." Cora waved her arm and blew Neal out of the window. Regina gasped but no one really paid attention. It was now her turn to jump in.

The ball of fire appeared in her arms and she looked at Charming. He was holding his sword ready to escape the ball when Regina winked at him and pointed with her eyes in the direction she was going to drop the understood just fine what she was doing. It was now clear to him Regina was just… playing. She dropped the ball and he oh look... managed to escape it.

Emma was already out helping Neal get on his feet. Snow took out her arrow and pointed it at Cora. Cora escaped it easily. Emma, not knowing that Regina actually was on their side came behind her and grabbed her throat ready to kill her right there.

Neal screamed "Emma NO!" but she didn't even care.

The scream was enough to draw Cora's attention and it was the perfect moment for Snow to grab one of her knifes and traps Cora so that she was just inch away from the knife.

Neal managed to pull Emma away from Regina and she gave him a questioning look. Regina smiled a little and went towards Snow in order to stop her from killing Cora. Regina screamed "Snow don't do this, there are other ways". Cora used the moment to disappear and reappear in front of Rumple.

Soon she took out the dagger and wasted no time, she stabbed him in the heart. Thunder stroked and the ground began to shake. The dark shadows rose above Cora pulling her up in the air. They all gasped and Neal was screaming. "NOO!" he yelled.

Seeing that the stuff got out of control and she didn't want her mother to win after all Regina had to do something. If I don't kill her, she'll eventually kill me, r worse she'll kill Henry or Neal, no this is it. If I could do it to the one that loved me the most, I could do it to the one that never really did. Regina took a step closer to Cora after the chaos that she caused. Everyone watched as mother and daughter hugged.

That was it, Regina's back to her evil side and now, this'll be the end, but then…

Regina smiled a little and looked at her mother. She managed to say "I'm sorry" and with that she took the dagger away from Cora and then stabbed her. Tears were streaming down her face, causing her to collapse down with Cora's body. She cried as the dark shadows raised one more time, this time over Regina. She didn't want this, she didn't want to become the dark one, she just wanted happiness.

It was Snow who now approached her. She looked at Regina that was obviously broken into little pieces. "Regina" she whispered. The brunette just gave her a look, but not the look of hate; this was the look that truly was saying I'm sorry. "Just save Rumple" she managed to say and then disappeared along with Cora's dead body.


Everyone just stood there, broken hearted by what they saw. No one really cared about Regina being the new dark one; they felt bad for this woman. "How do we save

Him?" Emma broke the silence. They all glanced at her realizing that this fight was not quite over yet. Like ordered Belle showed up at the front door. "Ummm… excuse me" she said with her accent.

Snow and Charming both jumped and ran towards her "Belle hi, you're just in time, come on" said Snow and pushed her towards Gold. Belle looked around a little light headed. After all she did run away from hospital. It's just that, when she heard Gold so hurt, she had to see him, she had this need to be with him. Neal and Emma were just standing aside and looking at what was happening.

She put arm on his shoulder, but he pushed it away. He was still angry with her.

Belle approached Gold. "You need to kiss him Belle, you are our only chance" David said. Neal was still watching carefully at the young girl that was almost his ages. How the hell did this woman fell in love with him? Belle was still unsure of what to do.

She knew that if she kissed him, he might wake up, but it was all just too magical, too unreal. "Please… Belle" Neal finally said in tears. At the sight of the broken man Belle's heart broke a little. She nodded still unsure of whether she should just run away and leave these loons to think that true love's kiss could heal anyone. She leaned slowly over Rumple and pressed her lips against his.

There was a wave of light and Rumple opened his eyes breathing heavily. "Belle?" he wondered. "Rumple". Everyone automatically glanced at her. Did she just… remember?

"Belle, my Belle" Rumple smiled and kissed her again, she wasn't even pulling away. "I'm sorry Rumple, I broke the cup, I'm so sorry" tears started streaming down her face. "No, no it's okay" he hugged her and then over her shoulder he saw everyone.

He saw Neal that was slowly approaching, he saw Snow and Charming hugging, he saw Emma carefully watching the scene. "Bae, my son, come here".

"That's Bae?" Belle smiled at him. "Yes, I'm Neal now. Dad are you really okay now?" Neal wondered.

Could it be that this Belle is now his true love? Neal was sure it was his mother Milah. "Yes son, come here give your old father a hug, now I'm truly complete, only… where's Cora?" Rumple knew she was dead, but wanted to make sure she really was.


"She's gone Gold" Emma finally spoke. "Yes, so I thought." Rumple was satisfied. He had his Belle, his son and his worse enemy dead. He couldn't hide the satisfaction. What Rumple didn't know is that he lost his powers, he wasn't the dark one anymore.

Regina landed in her living room. Her face was wet from tears and her entire body was trembling. This is all his fault, he distracted me, I couldn't think of a better plan, it's all Neal's fault. Regina kept repeating the same thing over and over again till she was surrounded by darkness, her heart was turning back to stone. After crying her brains out there was just one more thing to do… kill everyone!

She was now the dark one, the one with control. She could destroy whoever and with her mother dead, she didn't care about anyone. Henry will live, but he would be trapped in house, forced to be just like Regina, forced to learn dark magic. Emma, Snow, Charming… Neal, they are all soon gonna die!

The dagger appeared in Regina's hands. REGINA was written on it. "I promise mother, you'll be revenged". With that Regina took Cora's body and poof it was gone. The body was transported to Regina's family mausoleum, in one of the caskets she kept just in case. Regina wiped her tears and was again ready to fight, but no, not now, it was still too early. She would simply disappear, for a week or two, and then… that's when they'll see the true Evil Queen.


"NOO" Rumple yelled. "How do you mean I'm not the dark one anymore"? He wondered. It's been almost a week since the battle and he noticed now, when Emma told him.

"Come on, it's not a big deal anyways, you have Belle, you have Neal, and what else could you possibly want?!" Emma didn't see the pain in Rumples eyes. Magic, was like a drug to him. Without it, he's nothing, just an addict without his dose.

"No, you don't understand" Rumple kept saying. He was now hitting whatever he could find with his cane all around the shop. Emma jumped and ran away from the crashing glass.

"Hey calm down".

"No I wont. So wait… there's no new dark one is there?"

"Actually" after a pause Emma continued "Regina" she said.

There it was, the pain in Rumples eyes was now mixed with anger, misery. "No, she, she'll kill us all".

"Don't worry we haven't heard from her in a week, seems like she's still mourning her mother".

"That woman is incapable of anything else, but causing pain" Rumple said with hatred in his voice.

The doors of the shop opened. It was Neal. "Hey dad… Emma". "Hello dear son, how are you today?" Gold still sounded wretched. "I'm okay. What's going on?" Neal knew that kind of voice, something really pissed him off.

"Regina, she's the new dark one. I need you to stay away from her" Gold said. "Rum- Dad, with all do respect I don't think Regina's gonna hurt anyone, she's not that woman anymore." Neal was protective of Regina.

He saw that woman, he held her in his arms, she was real with him, he could see it, but now with her gone for over a week he was concerned. Maybe she hurt herself, or maybe she just hates the world right now.

"And how would you know that Neal"? Emma jumped in the moment she heard him defending Regina. "I, I talked to her" he said. It was the truth, but after that talk they ended up kissing, that's the part Neal wanted to skip, but…

"Neal. I know when someone's not telling the truth and you are most certainly not telling us everything" Emma was a little pissed of, but Neal was too. He still didn't forgive her for not telling him the truth.

"Emma, I don't think it's your business, we're not together so I don't have to tell you anything" Neal was interrupted by Rumple "But you do have to tell me" he said and frowned. After a short pause Neal took enough bravery to just say it "Regina and I… we are, were kind of … dating".

Both Emma and Gold dropped their jaws "WHAT?" they both yelled in the same time. "Yes, we kissed and we talked and then, well then her mother died" he said already with a sad face.

"Are you serious? That woman, she's evil, she's just-" Neal stopped Emma

"She's just what? Have you ever sat and talked to her? Have you ever bothered to ask her why she was evil in the first place" he looked at Rumple "And you Emma, you have no right to talk, that woman listened to me when I wined about you refusing me, she didn't care that I was Gold's son, she was there and that most certainly does not… make her evil". Neal finished and waited for neither of Gold's or Emma's response, he just rushed out of the shop not bothering to look back. They still stood there looking now at each other. What the hell? They both wondered.


Regina had her plan. She was about to meet Snow at the centre of Storybrooke, the park. It was 6pm and Regina was planning to kill everyone by 10pm. She waited for Snow to arrive and when she did, Regina smirked. They sat at the bench and talked for about half an hour, when their talk turned into argument.

"Your mother killed mine, you killed my father, you took away my happiness, what else do you want Regina" Snow yelled. "I want you… dead" Regina stood up and threw a ball of fire next to Snow.

Snow jumped "Really? We're going to do this now, because the last time, it wasn't good that lost" Snow reminded Regina. She wasn't good girl anymore, she was now determent to get to the Evil Queen.

She gave a sign to David who was hiding to get out and with him Emma, Gold, Neal, Ruby, Granny, Leroy, they all got out except for Archie who took care of Henry. They all stood there staring at Regina who was delighted to see all of them, she would kill all of them easier than she thought. "I see you have your soldiers, but there's one little problem… I am the one with the power around here".

Regina waved her hands and dark clouds replaced the blue skies. The thunder stroked and there was a fire coming from nowhere shooting in the direction of the "good" guys. They were all protected by Emma's magic. Apparently it worked only when Emma needed something, and now she needed to protect her family.

Regina smirked "You can't hide forever" she said with her Evil Queen voice and the flames got bigger. "Regina, think about what you're doing" Neal screamed, but she didn't care. He was the one that made her like him, he was her distraction, her weakness.

"Haven't you heard…? LOVE is WEAKNESS" she shouted. It was then when Emma's bubble of light started spreading. It was blocking Regina's powers to everyone's surprise. The magic of the dark one was to powerful for Regina, if she consumed any more, she would be dead within few moments, but she kept fighting. Regina got on her knees.

Emma walked towards her along with the rest of the crew and the light was now all around. Regina tried one more time to summon the darkness, but it was simply impossible. She finally dropped fully on the ground. She was unconscious.

"Regina!" Neal yelled and ran towards her. The darkness disappeared and Ruby helped Emma to sit down on a bench. Using good magic was hard too. She was exhausted, but not as much as Regina was.

"She doesn't have much time" Gold said as he approached her himself. "I'm afraid the Queen… Is Dead" Gold said with a familiar smirk on his face. He wanted this, he wanted her gone Neal finally realized.

"You… you did this, you did all of this. You wanted her dead, you wanted me to care." He yelled at Gold. Could he really be that evil?

"Son, it's for the best." Now everyone were staring at Gold. Snow frowned, she didn't want Regina gone, and it's not for the best!

"Gold… did you really want this? My, my" Snow stopped herself "Regina dead?" Gold looked around and smiled. "It did cost me my powers, but it was worth it". "You son of a-"..."No, I'll not give you that satisfaction. You father and I are now officially strangers." Neal was pissed, just mad!

"Neal" Emma spoke "kiss her" she demanded. They all switched their gazes from Gold to Emma. She was barely standing with Ruby's help. "Why would he?" David asked. 'Just trust me' Emma smiled a little and with that Neal knew she really did approve it.

No one was sure of what was happening. Did Emma, Neal and Gold knew something they didn't? What the hell was going on?

Gold already left the scene used his opportunity to run since his plan was revealed. It was all Neal now. He knew that if he was her true love the kiss would work, and if not, well… that would just be it.

He took a long breath and then, just like that, he crashed his lips with hers holding her tight. The wave of light surrounded Storybrooke once again and Regina woke up "Neal" she said in a whisper "Did you just-" he stopped her with another passionate kiss "Yes, yes I did".

Emma was crying. She obviously wasn't ready to let Neal go just yet. Snow and Charming looked confused, and so did everyone else. Gold felt the wave, but paid no attention to it.

It was Granny who first approached the two. "Neal, Regina are you two" she said in rather calm voice. Neal smiled and Regina looked at him not knowing what to say. "Dating, it appears we are. Of course only if the Queen here approves".

He looked at Regina "I'm sorry for everything". Just like that the Evil Queen was gone. Apparently the kiss sent her far away. "I'm the one that's sorry" she leaned against him. No one could believe the sight. Regina was different, she was just good…


The next day everything was peaceful. On the outside. In Charming's little apartment the three had a discussion. "So Neal and Regina are now a thing, but she doesn't know that you two have a child together" Snow was confused. "I don't think he told her, but I'm sure that when he does, she'll get all bad ass again." Emma said.

David watched the two and carefully listened. "So what now?" he finally asked. "Nothing, now we just move on with our lives and hope to find Hook" yes, the Hook, they completely forgot about him. "But now, I go and take Henry out at Granny's. With everything just happening oh so fast I wasn't able to apologize to him."

Emma said with a said look on her face "I miss that kid". She left the room and went to Archie's to pick Henry up.


Regina woke up again in Neal's arms. This time there was nothing that could destroy their moment. "Good morning" he smiled. "Good morning" she leaned and gave him a kiss.

"How did you sleep?" he asked smiling.

"In your arms I could never sleep bad" she leaned more against him and took a breath. "I don't feel like getting up" she sighed. "Then let's just spent the rest of the day here, I don't mind".

He wanted to tell her about Emma, Henry, but it was still too early. He wanted her to be able to trust him completely and that's when he was planning to tell her.

"I like the idea very much. But we should get up. The truth is I'm hungry" she frowned a bit. He grinned "Well then… shall we eat?" "I'm gonna make pancakes" she smiled and got up.

He watched her as she left the room. I'm one lucky man.


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